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Photo by Zelevol
Great collection of toy photography and plenty of Photography Tips and Trix you wiill find on hongkiat.com/blog. Read more on: Bokeh Photography
Action Sequence Photography
Tilt-Shift Photography and High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography. The site provide plenty of information on "How to" in different areas, more on photography you will find in: Five Photography Tips for Amateur Photographers, Five tips to better Group Photography and in Five Vital Black & White Photography Tips
Toy Photography and Photo Tips and trix
From 2D Mandelbrot to 3D Mandelbulb
The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbulb, Great story and examples of 2D Mandelbrot to 3D Mandelbulb by Daniel White.
The Empathic Civilisation
RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation. Jeremy Rifkin's brilliant talk and animation on "mirror neuron" and empathy.
YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video
"YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video aims to discover and showcase the most exceptional talent working in the ever-expanding realm of online video. Developed by YouTube and the Guggenheim Museum in collaboration with HP
Top 25 Videos Announced
On view at the Guggenheim Museums in New York, Bilbao, Berlin, and Venice from October 22 to 24, 2010, the top 25 videos comprise the ultimate YouTube playlist: a selection of the most unique, innovative, groundbreaking video work being created and distributed online during the past two years. The videos and artists were celebrated at an event at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on October 21, which was streamed live to a worldwide audience at youtube.com/play." Via: www.guggenheim.org/
Evolution of 3D Technology
3 interesting articles on Evolution of 3D Technology by Mark Hixenbaugh
Part 1. Break on Through (To the Other Side)
Part 2. Ghosts, Gorillaz, and a Guy named Wolf
Part 3. Trailblazing In 3D: Does Practicality Match Potential?
Via: Brave New Media
Nature by Numbers
Nature by Numbers is a video created by Cristóbal Vila from Etérea. This grate CGI work is describing geometry in nature trough the mathematical sequences such as; Fibonacci numbers, Golden Angle and Ratio and Delaunay triangulation. Documentation along with mathematical explanations you will found here.
Breathing Earth
Breathing Earth – Displays the carbon dioxide emission levels of every country in the world, as well as birth and death rates.
Polar Panorama Effect
Dirk’s Photo Blog present a helpfull tutorial on haw to create your own planets using the “Polar Panorama Effect” with help of the Polar Coordinates filter of Photoshop or the Gimp. Some nice examples are published at webdesignerdepot.com and at hongkiat.com
Gaming the Classroom!
Lee Sheldon assistant professor of telecommunications at Indiana University format his multiplayer-game design course as a multiplayer-game, which increased significantly students level of engagement. According to Sheldon his students are "the gamer generation, they are the social-networking generation, so this class is couched in the terms that they understand." Lee Sheldon’s grading scheme is based on game scoring system; Experience Points, as in the World of Warcraft. I love the idea!
More info via: Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning
I have recently found an interesting contribution from Worcraft community regarding educational aspects of gaming on line: Gettin' Good Gear: Play, Pedagogy, and Engagement in World of Warcraft
Gaming Can Make a Better World
Jane McGonigal on TED: “Instead of providing gamers with better and more immersive alternatives to reality, I want all of us to be become responsible for providing the world with a better and more immersive reality.” via: turbulence.org
Free sound tracks from Moby
Moby share sound tracks, with the ‘independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short‘. His explanation to this nice gesture you will find here and the ‘film music‘ at mobygratis.com
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